Chapter 115 Stinks

Ling Zenghuang rolled up his sleeves and told the yamen runner beside him: "Bring me a bowl of clean water."

The bailiff looked at Qu Jie hesitantly and prepared to leave.

At this time, Chu Anlan stretched out his hand and said, "I just happen to have half a cup of ready-made water here. Come, use my water. Everyone uses this water for the test."

Ling Zenghuang said: "Thank you."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand, grasped the blade in the bailiff's hand, and pulled it hard.

In an instant, blood flowed like a shot.

A strong smell of blood spread in the wind, and blood flowed down Ling Zenghuang's hand, staining his robe red and splattering red all over the ground.

He clenched his hand into a fist and dripped the blood into the water, then looked at Ling Han: "You come."

Ling Han shrank back.

Ling Zenghuang's expression turned stern. He stepped forward and grabbed Ling Han's hand that had been cut earlier. He pressed it against the edge of the teacup and squeezed hard, squeezing out two drops of blood into the water.

After a moment, Dr. Shen calmly announced: "The blood still hasn't mixed."

Chu Anlan was happy: "Master Qu, don't you want to say something?"

At the door, the onlookers also raised their voices and asked, "Master Qu, what is going on?"

"Sir Qu, the people trusted you so much in vain! I didn't expect that you had done something immoral before you became an official!"

"County Magistrate Qu, won't you give the people an explanation?"

Qu Jie opened his mouth and suddenly glared at the yamen runner who was fetching water: "Did you tamper with the water?"

The yamen runner was at a loss, then became very surprised: "Sir, I am also..."

"Shut up!" Qu Jie shouted angrily, "How can you do whatever you want in court? Tell me, what are you thinking?"

The yamen runner was speechless: "It wasn't me..."

While the bailiff was still not able to react, Qu Jie ordered: "Come here, drag this bailiff who disturbed the law and order away and give him fifty lashes!"

He quickly winked at the other bailiff.

"Wait." Ye Chenting stood up and said, "Master Qu, if there is something wrong with the water, just change it. Why rush to punish him? With fifty lashes, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive considering his physique. In my opinion, for Master Qu's sake, we can only change the water and do another round of blood tests."

Qu Jie almost broke his teeth.

At this time, Ling Zenghuang said: "Test, must test!"

Some people started to make a noise: "There is a fire prevention water tank in the yard. There is clean water in the tank. Just take a few bowls and use it."

Someone shouted, "My wonton stand is right at the door. I can provide clean bowls."

Ye Chenting said calmly: "Excuse me, can you lend me your bowl?"

The wonton stall owner shouted, "Okay! Wait for me a moment!"

After saying that, he ran out.

Soon, he came back with a pile of white porcelain bowls: "To be fair, wash the bowls before using them, so that no one can accuse me of smearing something in the bowls."

A young man stepped forward and said, "I'll wash the dishes and fetch water."

Qu Jie's body swayed.

God wants to kill him!

Soon, the young man cleaned the bowl with swift hands and feet, scooped a bowl of water from the water tank and handed it to Doctor Shen.

Doctor Shen checked it and nodded, "No problem."

Ling Zenghuang strode over, grabbed the rim of the bowl and dripped two drops of blood into it, then brought the bowl to Ling Han and squeezed two drops of blood into it.

Ling Han struggled in pain, but because a cloth strip was stuffed in his mouth, he couldn't make any sound.

Butcher Zhao also led his son forward and dripped blood into another bowl.

Ling Zenghuang took another bowl of water from the young man, squeezed out two drops of Ling Han's blood, and brought it to Qu Jie: "It's your turn."

Qu Jie's hair and beard trembled: "Brother-in-law..."

Ling Zenghuang urged: "If you have nothing to hide, move faster."

Qu Jie was at a loss.

Ling Zenghuang couldn't wait any longer, so he grabbed Qu Jie's hand and squeezed the wound hard a few times, causing Qu Jie's blood to drip into the water.

Three bowls were placed on the ground in order, with three pieces of distinguishing paper pressed down on each bowl.

Everyone waited patiently.

Inside and outside the court, the only sounds were breathing and very light whispers.

Everyone stared at the bowl on the ground with their eyes wide open. Gradually, someone shouted, "It's melted! The blood has melted!"

Inside the hall, Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenting looked at each other.

Then, under Qu Jie's gloomy gaze, a servant dressed as a yamen runner quietly approached him and tried to say something.

However, before the attendant could speak, someone exclaimed, "Lord Qu's blood has merged with Ling Han's blood, but Ling Han's blood has not merged with Master Ling's blood!"

"The blood of Butcher Zhao and Erpang has also merged."

"Was the bowl of fruit really tampered with?"

"Ling Han is really Magistrate Qu's son! Oh my God! Ling Zenghuang has raised him as a son for so many years!"

"..."

Qu Jie collapsed all over.

It’s over.

It's all over!
One wrong step and you lose the whole game.

Qu Jie took a deep breath and said, "Someone come..."

He will never admit defeat.

He also has his own private army.

As long as we have military strength, we still have room to maneuver.

However, he found that he could not make a sound.

Qu Jie fell on the attendant.

The attendant called him anxiously: "Sir? Sir!"

Qu Jie's pupils were dilated and his expression was painful.

In a trance, he heard a gentle voice arranging things in an orderly manner——

"Put Ling Han in jail and forbid anyone from visiting him."

"Immediately, send people to surround the county government office and Xu Fu, Qu Jie, and everyone in Qu's residence. No one is allowed to step out of the door."

"County Magistrate, report what happened here to the court immediately."

"..."

After the county government office was surrounded, Chu Xiaoyan came out and reunited with several people.

Also brought along were Ye Chenxi, Chu Shaozhen and a group of young men.

After being locked up in jail for a long time, several young men in their prime looked so haggard that they seemed to be twenty years older.

Their faces were pale, their eyes were bruised, and they exuded the sour and rotten smell unique to the prison.

When Ye Chenxi saw his younger brothers and sisters, he immediately burst into tears.

As soon as he cried, Chu Shaozhen started crying too.

The eyes of several other young masters also turned red.

Ye Chenxi looked at Ye Chenting pitifully: "Second brother, why did you come to save me just now? You don't even know what kind of life I've been through in there. This is the first time I've been in jail since I was a child..."

Ye Chenting took a step back: "Chenxi, I have to meet with people from the county government later, so I can't go back to the inn to change clothes. Stay away from me."

Ye Chenxi's mouth drooped: "Woo..."

The second brother thinks he is dirty.

He wiped his eyes and turned his gaze to Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan. After a moment's consideration, he rushed towards Chu Anlan: "Brother-in-law..."

Chu Anlan jumped to avoid it: "It stinks! Calling me daddy is no use!"

Chu Shengxi, who was dressed in rags, was furious: "You have no idea what kind of life we ​​are living in there! There are rats in the prison, lots of rats! Look at my clothes, they are full of holes gnawed by rats! When I return to Beijing, I will sue Qu Jie to death!"

After saying that, he didn't forget to spit.

"It's true." Ye Chenxi burst into tears: "I fell asleep in the middle of the night and was almost eaten by a rat!"

"I was bitten by a rat." Chu Shaozhen cried, lifting his sleeves and exposing his arm. "Look, the teeth marks are still there! I've been dizzy for a whole day. Am I going to die soon? If I die, scatter my ashes in Lin'an Lake. I will turn into wind and rain and destroy the entire Lin'an!"

Passersby passing by in the distance cast surprised glances.

Chu Anlan called a few servants over, gave them a few instructions, then turned around and said, "You all stink. I've booked a bathhouse for you. Go and take a shower! Once you're clean, the doctor will see you."

After that, he added to Chu Shaozhen: "You feel dizzy because you are hungry, you won't die."

Chu Shaozhen was speechless.

(End of this chapter)